Four arrests

Milk boys set up drug trade in the Innviertel region

The arrest after the wild chase.

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A wild chase at the beginning of May got the investigation going. At the time, seven young people had fled from a plainclothes patrol in a car. The suspicion that they were all involved in the drug trade has now been confirmed. Four milk boys (aged 16, 17 and 21) are now in Ried prison.

At the beginning of May 2024, there was a pursuit in Braunau in which seven inmates tried to flee from a plainclothes patrol in a car. During the pursuit, the car occupants threw several packages of narcotics out of the car. After breaking through several roadblocks, the driver was finally stopped in St. Johann am Walde. In the trunk of the car was a 16-year-old Romanian from Mattighofen, who had only been released from prison in March 2024 and had already been convicted of drug dealing.

Several seizures at the beginning of September
This prompted the Braunau police to launch an extensive investigation. The suspicion of drug trafficking hardened to four people, the 16-year-old Romanian, 17-year-old Bosnian, a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old Serbian. In close coordination with the public prosecutor's office in Ried im Innkreis, several raids were carried out at the end of August/beginning of September 2024 with the support of the Upper Austrian State Criminal Police Office and the forces of the Braunau criminal investigation department, whereby the 16-year-old, the 17-year-old, the 21-year-old and another 17-year-old were arrested and taken to Ried im Innkreis prison.

Two couriers also arrested
The 15-year-old was reported at large. In summary, the sale of around 6 kilograms of cannabis products and 300 grams of cocaine by the group was cleared up. The majority of these drugs were sold to a large number of young people, mainly in parks in Mattighofen.

Further investigations led to the identification of the courier drivers of the criminal organization. They are a 22-year-old Hungarian and a 27-year-old, both from Mattighofen. The two courier drivers were also arrested by order of the public prosecutor's office in Ried and taken to Ried prison.